Camp Foster YMCA is an 112-year-old traditional day and residential camp located in Spirit Lake, Iowa that allows kids to be kids! As a staff member you'll get to play outdoors, work with people from all over the world, and rise to the challenges of being a professional role model.
Featured summer camp job opportunities: •Camp Counselors provide supervision and direction for campers and are trained to teach in a variety of program areas, with activities that include the challenge course, canoeing, arts & crafts, archery, riflery, 9-square, gaga ball, sailing, paddle boarding, kayaking, riding horses, outdoor living skills, sports, sciences, cooking, pottery, makerspace, dance, drama, music, teambuilding, and much more. • The Ranch Coordinator assists in the care of 25+ horses, supervising staff and campers, and instruction of the riding program and trail rides. •Kitchen Staff assist the Head Cook with food prep, service, and clean-up.
Staff can arrive at camp as early as May 20th to participate in optional free trainings such as lifeguard, high ropes, wrangler, and boat driver certification. Mandatory staff training begins on May 30th and the last day of overnight camp is August 7th, with an option to take on additional weeks of groups through September 2nd. Compensation starts at $425/week, plus additional bonuses for any optional trainings completed, housing, and all meals when campers/groups are onsite. Counselors and kitchen staff do not need to have any prior camp experience to apply. If you have a strong work ethic, are adaptable, and love to have fun, fill out the online application.
Field Crew and Youth Corps Crew Leaders/Members, Summer Youth Corps Crew Leaders, Field Specialists and Individual Placements
Northeast Minnesota (Grand Rapids, Tower, Moose Lake, Gooseberry Falls State Park, Tofte), Northwest Minnesota (Brainerd, Bemidji, Fergus Falls); Central Minnesota (St. Paul, Hanover, Shakopee); Southern Minnesota Region (Mankato, Rochester, Kilen Woods State Park, Camden State Park, Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge); and in Iowa (Ames). The region is known for its spectacular wilderness: thousands of lakes, the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior, National Forest lands, and environmental policies that support land conservation.
Spend a season or year outdoors conserving natural resources, gain field experience, and make a difference!Conservation Corps provides youth and young adults practical and professional experience, career training, a stable income, and an opportunity to pay for educational expenses. All of this while being outside in the beautiful states of Minnesota and Iowa.
Benefits include a living stipend ranging from $2,200-$2,600/month depending on position, health insurance, student loan forbearance during the service term, a post-service AmeriCorps education award, and the opportunity to explore career options. If you are highly motivated, a committed individual, passionate about habitat restoration and the outdoors, and want to work on a team of peers, build trails, learn how to manage wildfires or lead youth in conservation work, explore current job openings, position descriptions, dates of employment and application deadlines.
Summer Crew Job Openings! • Conservation Corps has hundreds of full-time AmeriCorps Crew Member, Crew Leader, Outdoor Educator, Field Specialist, and Individual Placement positions beginning this summer!
Why serve outdoors with Conservation Corps MN & IA? Check out with these Members had to say about their experience.
